DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:

• 12 pg PDF print-ready file of the prayers (for you to print and distribute to members, or copy/paste for worship liturgy).
  PDF includes 11 poetic prayers with the following themes and titles:

  • Both, Please | Everything In Between: intention & action (Ash Wednesday)

  • Never Met a Stranger | Everything In Between: stranger & neighbor (1st Sunday in Lent)

  • Wildfire | Everything In Between: faith & works (2nd Sunday in Lent)

  • Slow Growth | Everything In Between: rest & growth (3rd Sunday in Lent)

  • The Good Shepherd | Everything In Between: lost & found (4th Sunday in Lent)

  • Righteousness & Mercy | Everything In Between: righteousness & mercy (5th Sunday in Lent)

  • Call Me In | Everything In Between: righteousness & mercy (5th Sunday in Lent)

  • If You Really Listen… | Everything In Between: shouting & silence (Palm/Passion Sunday)

  • Power Like a Seed | Everything In Between: power & humility (Maundy Thursday)

  • I’ve Been the Thief | Everything In Between: acceptance & resistance (Good Friday)

  • In the Direction of Hope | Everything In Between: grief & hope (Easter)

USES:

• Print the prayers and distribute them to members in your community

• Adapt the prayers as your Call to Worship or opening prayer for worship

• Use the prayers in a bible study group or Sunday school

• Use the poetry as a meditation during the sermon

• Use the poetry to inspire your own liturgy and sermon writing

• Print the poetry in your bulletin (perhaps as the bulletin cover)

EXCERPT:

In a world that wants power like a machine gun,
power like a bomber plane,
power like a gated fence to keep the hungry out,
I want power like a seed—
power that will crack me open and grow something good;
power like an open door,
an invitation that says, “Come on in;”
power that feels like a strong spine with a soft heart.

—Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed, excerpt from “Power Like a Seed”

CREDIT INFO:

When printing and sharing online or in worship, please always include the following credits:
Poem by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org